When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure-a phenomenon the high-living writer was only too familiar with. In THE GREAT GATSBY, Fitzgerald looks deeply into himself and his milieu to create the story of James Gatz, a self-educated nobody from North Dakota who has amassed a fortune and adopted the persona of Jay Gatsby, an Oxford-educated man about town, for the sole purpose of winning back the heart of Daisy, the woman he loved in his youth. Daisy is now married to Tom Buchanan-a brutal, ignorant racist who embodies the corruption that can come with unlimited wealth. As Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom-and the narrator, Daisy's cousin Nick Carroway, who serves as the author's spokesman-play out the drama in a small Long Island town (the East Hampton of its day), Fitzgerald makes it increasingly clear that life is meaningless when it is based on money and glamour at the expense of the solid American values of self-reliance and hard work-and Gatsby's sad end underscores the point. THE GREAT GATSBY has long been celebrated as the archetypal American novel, and, just as Fitzgerald's book grew out of the tradition that included Henry James and Edith Wharton, its influence on later writers from J. D. Salinger to John O'Hara cannot be overestimated. The book remains vividly alive and widely read years after its writing.
《瞭不起的蓋茨比》(名著名譯插圖本)弗·司各特·菲茨傑拉德(1896-1940),美國二十世紀最傑齣的作傢之一。《瞭不起的蓋茨比》是他最著名的代錶作。二十世紀二十年代的美國,空氣裏彌漫著歡歌與縱飲的氣息。一個偶然的機會,窮職員尼剋闖入瞭揮金如土的大富翁蓋茨比隱秘的世界,驚訝地發現,他內心惟一的牽絆竟是對河岸那盞小小的綠燈——燈影婆娑中,住著心愛的黛西。然而,冰冷的現實容不下縹緲的夢,到頭來,蓋茨比心中的女神隻不過是凡塵俗世的物質女郎。當一切真相大白,蓋茨比的悲劇人生亦如煙花般,璀璨隻是一瞬,幻滅纔是永恒。一闋華麗的“爵士時代”的挽歌,在菲茨傑拉德筆下,如詩如夢,在美國當代文學史上留下瞭墨色濃重的印痕。
作者:烽少 她是你久久注视,整夜整夜看守,想要用双手严严实实地遮住,好好守护的远处那一盏小星星一样孤零零的绿灯; 你不过是她天空中的浮云一片。你的远道而来,难道只为这一刻遇见她后的烟消云散? 盖茨比的伟大和悲哀就在于身在纸醉金迷,纵情享乐的时代,仍念念不忘,不...
評分等待的哀歌 当我翻完《了不起的盖茨比》的最后一页,我莫名其妙的回忆起一年前的一个秋夜阅读果戈理《涅瓦大街》的情景。当我在涅瓦大街迷人的街灯和喧闹的人群中目睹一个纯真又孱弱的年轻人的激情,被现实的荒谬彻底击碎的时候,我感到一种难以名状的情绪令我无处遁形。庇斯卡...
評分盖茨比的死应该由谁来负责:是开枪的人?如果他是自杀的呢?还是说出肇事车是属于盖茨比从而达到嫁祸目的的汤姆·布坎农?还是守望者盖茨比的等待对象黛西?还是造梦者盖茨比本人? 汤姆·布坎农在三个场合遇到盖茨比,第一次盖茨比是尼克(他在文章里充当叙述者)的朋友,双...
評分Ⅰ、Introduction The Great Gatsby is written by American author F. Scott. Fitzgerald, who is considered a member of the “lost generation” of the Twenties. It was first published on 1925. The following is the main plot of the novel. A young man name...
評分在黛西和盖茨比终于再次相会的那个午后。黛西:我们有好多年没见了。盖茨比:到11月刚好五年。(我忘了原文是否如此。我没有照原文引用。)作为在场者的尼克立刻意识到,盖茨比的应答让气氛变得无比尴尬。 一定有人对此会心一笑。 几十年后1997年的某个下午,A问B他女朋友C的...
What do u want in life?
评分One of G's favorite books. The writing, especially the description of details is extraordinary. But I can't say I love it. It's too cruel. Women want security, men want reality. We are the creators of our own tragedy.
评分讀罷,思緒良多。
评分一首獻給封麵插圖的自戀麯。
评分明明知道在往裏陷,卻不可能拔得齣來
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